They have had a lot of interpersonal friction and it sort of peaked over the whole Libyan embassy thing, at which point it sort of degenerated into
more of a personal loud shouting thing followed by as direct an accusation in the press as you'd ever see Petraeus make.

It was sort of a done deal a couple of weeks ago, I could tell you the exact day they had it out if I thought about it.

Edit to add: I think Petraeus was betting Obama would lose the election and he'd keep the post. Whoops.

Originally posted by JacKatMtn
No links yet, watching the news and it appears that CIA Director Petraeus has submitted and the Presidnet has accepted his resignation from the
post..

No details yet..

I just saw that too. Seems like he wanted out, and the reason he gave is a good way of stepping down without a lot of
questions.

I really doubt Petraeus had an affair with anyone, and he hasn't shown any reason to cheat on his wife either. (in fact he didn't want to deploy
anymore because he didn't like being away from her) Now that he lives at home it seems odd that he would cheat on her.

Either he got some kind of Secret Promotion (not likely) or he just wanted to get out because of the attacks last september (most likely).

It's as good a reason as any - affairs you get caught at in the intelligence world are pure poison. It's a direct violation of a Bush-era
presidential EO regarding "trafficking in persons", it's also a UCMJ violation, and a violation of security clearance protocol.

Hard to hang on after that. But, IMHO, it was something Obama's staff found in order to force him out after that press conference.

Very odd timing... considering the investigation by the house was scheduled to begin next week?

So, do people think that resigning makes him unable to be prosecuted for anything?

He's stated himself that he's resigned because he had an affair. I personally don't think that's reason to resign from a job, because that's his
personal life. But when you're director of the CIA I guess any opportunities for someone to try to blackmail you are a risk.

Still, I don't see how this relates to any investigations. He is still going to be held responsible for his actions whether he is still in the job or
not.

Mod you might want to close the other threads started on this - their stacking up on the Recent Threads list.

I don't buy this for a moment. The election is done and Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder, and now Patraeus are all resigning and why does Patraeus come
out and volunteer that its due to an affair and why resign at all over an affair in an administration and party which celebrates lies and infidelity
(anyone Remember Hillary's husband)?

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